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README for EDE 2.0 pre-alpha
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($Id$)
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Please read this document before using or contributing to EDE 2.0 source code
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before or during 2.0alpha release.
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Build requirements
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EDE 2.0 is using fltk1 toolkit from www.fltk.org. At the time of this writing,
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last released version was 1.1.7 and 1.1.8 was coming really soon. We
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recommend using the latest daily snapshot - they are extremely stable and
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that's what we use internally - although 1.1.7 should work too.
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Nevertheless, we will (soon) keep our own "fork" called fltk-copy which is
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basically the last SVN snapshot of fltk that EDE is known to work with. If
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there are any patches required for proper EDE functioning, you should find
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them in fltk-copy/patches/ tree. Further instructions will be in
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fltk-copy/README.EDE
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Since fltk lacks many things needed for developing a full *nix desktop
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environment, we have developed a small add-on library called edelib. This
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library is also required for compiling EDE2. It should be released together
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with EDE. We *strongly* recommend that you use matching versions of ede and
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edelib (e.g. released at the same time) or that you do SVN checkout at the
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same time.
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Make sure you have efltk installed, because some packages still requires it.
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Also you will need Jam utility. Jam is a make replacement and removes a lot
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of its limitations. Current EDE source can be built either via jam or make,
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but note that make builds will be soon removed.
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Jam can be downloaded from our repository.
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Compiling
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At the moment, certain modules in EDE do not compile! In order to build and install
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EDE do the following steps:
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1. ./autogen.sh
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2. ./configure [OPTIONS] (we suggest using --enable-debug)
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3. (old method, soon will be removed)
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Go into directories of individual modules and compile them. Type
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cd $MODULE; make; make install; cd ..
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Since developers don't use make anymore, this method could get broken
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occasionally.
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3. (new method, default)
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jam
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"jam install" is not finished yet. You can use various programs from
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their work directories, or copy them into e.g. /usr/bin
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Stuff that isn't updated (requires efltk)
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- edewm
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- eworkpanel
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We are in the process of rewriting these modules from scratch. Please use edewm
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and eworkpanel from EDE 1.x (it should work without major problems).
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- efinder
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It will be ported to fltk1 as soon as we finish efiler (see below) cause we
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would like to use same widgets for displaying file list.
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- emenueditor
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It will either be completely rewritten or removed, because EDE 2 will use XDG menus
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(FreeDesktop.org).
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- e*conf
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Many of the control center applets will be dropped or replaced with something
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else. epanelconf obviously depends on eworkpanel which is not yet finished.
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New modules in EDE 2.0
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- edialog
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Command line utility for displaying dialogs (useful for scripting). It is very
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UNFINISHED.
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- efiler
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Simple and lightweight file manager. Currently it's fully functional, but we
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plan some more features.
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- eimage
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Small image viewer. Likewise, functional but a few features will be added.
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- ecalc
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Scientific calculator.
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Contributors wanted
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We would very appreciate help from contributors willing to take any of following
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tasks:
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- Port efinder to fltk/edelib and become its maintainer
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- Write new enotepad using editor from fltk/test (I believe this is easier than
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porting old enotepad from efltk to fltk) and become its maintainer
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- Propose new designs for econtrol and eworkpanel (that are realistic to implement
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with fltk, ofcourse :)
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- Find any old ede application, port to fltk/edelib and become its maintainer
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- Find useful fltk apps on www.fltk.org and see if they can be ede-ified
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Also, EDE code is sparkled with comments starting with TODO and FIXME -
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please see what of that you can do (just type e.g. "grep TODO . -R"). EDE
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coding standards and EDE HIG documents are being prepared.
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